HB PDX December Class "Flying Bigger Bodies" (Intermediate/Advanced) by MxBliss and Adrianna [unmasked]

1 hour class and 1 hour tie along/workshop/lab

Join Adriana and MxBliss in a class on suspending bigger (than the rigger) bodies. Adriana and MxBliss love to fly and want to share some of the strategies they use to tie and fly regardless of relative size of the top and the bottom. In this class, the instructors will discuss communications, expectations, physics, body mechanics, and gravity and how you can use all these to fly no matter your relative sizes. The pair will share how they create beautiful and sustainable suspension sequences that mitigate risk of injury and create sustainability and joy for both the tier and the flyer. MxBliss will go over hanger design, upline management/strategies, rigger back and shoulder health, and adjusting expectations. Adriana will cover communication, teaming effectively with your top, pain management, and active bottoming.

Prerequisites

Both tier and flyer should have rope suspension experience. Riggers should have solid upline management skills and have suspended another person no less than 5 times. This is an advanced level class where we hope attendees will co-teach and share their learnings with fellow attendees.

Bring:

• Floor covering (small blanket works great)
• Tying pairs must have a suspension rope kit with a rigging plate, at least 2 synthetic uplines. Self tiers are welcome though much of the content will be about partnering and teaming together as a tying pair.
• Safety cutter/shears
• Waterbottle/snacks (optional)

Teacher Bios

Adriana (she/her) is a queer, fat femme who’s disabled. A sassy sadomasochist who joined the community a decade ago. She began her rope journey in 2018 and is tying partners with MxBliss, who shares Adriana’s passion for rope for all bodies. Previously, she’s been a dungeon monitor and hosted some fat-specific kink events. She is passionate about helping to build more fat and disabled kink community and advocating for accessibility.

MxBliss (she/they) is a gleeful sadist, consent enthusiast, rope switch, self-suspender, and quinkster (queer kinkster). Her rope style is a jumble of American-, circus-, and Japanese- rope and is heavily influenced by her self-suspension practice. MxBliss presents on a wide range of topics but especially loves talking about rope bondage, the law, and sharing information so fellow kinksters can live their best lives. MxBliss is grateful for her partnership and friendship with Adriana as they learn and grow in rope together.

Accessibility

This building is not currently accessible, there are several steps into the front door, and then a stairwell to the second floor.

Location:

(address will be shared in confirmation email)

Street parking is found in the area and numerous bus lines can get you there! Door code will be sent in your confirmation email. Please arrive on-time or early so we can get everyone checked in.

COVID Precautions

• You may mask if you wish but you are not required.
• We will have windows open for air floor, as well as the air filter going in the room.
• If you feel ill or have any new COVID-like symptoms please stay home. We will refund your ticket amount if desired
• If you test positive shortly after the event, please disclose it to the event organizer so that they can notify attendees of potential exposure
• We are no longer checking Vaccination cards but we recommend up-to-date vaccination and boosters!

Dress:

Vanilla dress to the door, "rope casual" (nudity okay) with genitals covered inside. Rope is often easiest with form fitting clothes like leggings, booty shorts, tanktops, etc; with tight but movable and stretchy materials; or against bare skin.

Event Policies:

• Cis-men may only attend as bottoms with pre-arranged tops who are women or gender expansive people. Cis-men may not attend solo.
• Photos ok if all in the picture consent. We recommend taking photos against a wall so that there are no questions about who is included
• Nudity ok, but genitals must remain covered
• Practice and light play should be expected at this event, please no full scenes or cruising
• You must comply with our Suspension Policy read our Suspension Policies

WHO IS HITCHIN' BITCHES?

We are a rope education group led by and for women and gender-expansive volunteers. This is a LGBTQIA+ and POC safer space geared towards marginalized genders including but not limited to cis-women, transgender, bigender, agender, non-conforming, non-binary, two spirit and genderqueer identified folks! We welcome all people who are respectful of and hold space for those involved.

Hitchin’ Bitches PDX strives to decenter the cis male, hetero, white narrative in rope and expand spaces for women and gender diverse folks. Our intention is to foster safer space for tops and bottoms who don’t feel safe or comfortable in cis-male dominated spaces to practice and enjoy rope for themselves.

Other Notes

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